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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Espinho Four Star
July 16 - 20, 2019

(7) Kelly Cheng/Sarah Marmelstein, United States

Kelly Claes Cheng
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$458,625.00

Sarah Sponcil Marmelstein
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Phoenix, AZ

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$164,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	25	2	2	1	0	8	0	9	0	0	0	2	1	US$184,000.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Brittany Hochevar - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/8-14/2019	Gstaad Major Series	Q1	33rd	240	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	16	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2019	Warsaw Four Star	9	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	14	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	9	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/14-19/2019	Itapema Four Star		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	7	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	10/16-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	9, Q2	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/30-10/4/2018	Qinzhou Three Star	2	3rd	480	US$5,000.00

Espinho Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/18/2019	Pool G	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Penny Karagkouni, Greece (26, Q6)	Lost 17-21, 21-13, 12-15	0:44
Thu, 7/18/2019	Pool G	Joy Stubbe / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (10)	Won 22-20, 19-21, 23-21	0:53
Fri, 7/19/2019	Winner 1	Natalia Pridalova / Andrea Strbova, Slovakia (11)	Won 21-8, 21-14	0:27
Fri, 7/19/2019	Winner 2	Xinxin Wang / Chen Xue, China (19)	Won 21-9, 21-18	0:30
Fri, 7/19/2019	Winner 3	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Penny Karagkouni, Greece (26, Q6)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:30
Sat, 7/20/2019	Semi-Finals	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (1)	Won 21-12, 26-24	0:36
Sat, 7/20/2019	Gold Medal	Svetlana Kholomina / Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia (5)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:31

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	2	2	0	0	7	0	4	0	0	0	0	$130,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	25	2	2	1	0	8	0	9	0	0	0	0	$184,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kelly Cheng												Sarah Marmelstein
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$53,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$11,000.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$92,750.00	World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,000.00
37	5	1	1	6	8	11	2	0	0	$210,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	2	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	$57,000.00
28	3	3	0	1	10	6	2	1	0	$97,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	2	2	2	0	7	5	2	0	0	$74,500.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
82	10	4	4	7	21	23	7	1	0	$458,625.00	Total	49	2	4	4	1	10	21	2	0	0	$164,000.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2019	FIVB	10	0	2	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	2	$66,000.00	29	16	64.4 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	2	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	2	$66,000.00	29	16	64.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kelly Cheng													Sarah Marmelstein
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2016	FIVB
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$23,750.00	2017	FIVB
10	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	$27,750.00	2018	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	$8,000.00
11	0	2	1	0	1	5	0	0	2	$35,000.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	$33,000.00
33	0	3	3	1	4	11	6	1	4	$95,500.00	Total	Total	16	0	2	2	1	2	5	0	0	4	$41,000.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	60	73.2%	10	12.2%	12	14.6%	70-12	85.4%	12	35.3%	6	17.6%	16	47.1%	12-22	35.3%	60-16	78.9%	22-18	55.0%	0	0	82-34	70.7%
2018-2019	31	75.6%	4	9.8%	6	14.6%	35-6	85.4%	6	30.0%	3	15.0%	11	55.0%	6-14	30.0%	31-11	73.8%	10-9	52.6%	0	0	41-20	67.2%
Against the Field	30	75.0%	6	15.0%	4	10.0%	36-4	90.0%	8	36.4%	2	9.1%	12	54.5%	8-14	36.4%	60-24	71.4%	28-12	70.0%	0	0	44-18	71.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	1	6	1	23	8	0	0	23	11	4	0	0	0	2	2	62	23
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	2
Total	5	1	6	2	38	11	0	0	26	17	4	1	1	0	2	2	82	34

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Marmelstein lead the series against the field 16-11 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 1-2
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	Cavalcanti/Silva	1	21-12, 26-24	0:36
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool C	Cavalcanti/Silva	3	Cheng/Marmelstein	14	19-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:40
1/6/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Gold Medal	Cavalcanti/Silva	3	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	21-10, 21-18	0:31
Trail the series against # 4 Sweat/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-2
5/25/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 3	Sweat/Walsh Jennings	12, Q2	Cheng/Marmelstein	9	21-13, 23-21	0:32
5/14/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Country Quota	Sweat/Walsh Jennings	18, Q3	Cheng/Marmelstein		21-12, 21-14	0:28
Trail the series against # 5 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 0-1
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Gold Medal	Kholomina/Makroguzova	5	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	21-17, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 10 Stubbe/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-0
7/18/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool G	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	Stubbe/Van Iersel	10	22-20, 19-21, 23-21	0:53
Lead the series against # 11 Pridalova/Strbova, Slovakia 2-0
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 1	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	Pridalova/Strbova	11	21-8, 21-14	0:27
10/3/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Winner 3	Cheng/Marmelstein	2	Pridalova/Strbova	10	21-14, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # 13 Wang/Xia, China 1-0
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool H	Cheng/Marmelstein	9	Wang/Xia	8	21-19, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 14 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 0-2
7/4/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 2	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	24	Cheng/Marmelstein	16	26-24, 21-16	0:37
10/4/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Semi-Finals	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	3	Cheng/Marmelstein	2	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 15 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 2-0
5/25/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 2	Cheng/Marmelstein	9	Baquerizo/Fernandez	16	17-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:47
1/5/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	Baquerizo/Fernandez	13	21-19, 25-23	0:40
Lead the series against # 16 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 2-0
6/29/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool I	Cheng/Marmelstein	16	Birlova/Ukolova	33	21-8, 21-16	0:28
10/4/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Bronze Medal	Cheng/Marmelstein	2	Birlova/Ukolova	7	21-13, 21-16	0:29
Lead the series against # 17 Ittlinger/Laboureur, Germany 1-0
7/3/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 1	Cheng/Marmelstein	16	Ittlinger/Laboureur	1	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # 19 Wang/Xue, China 2-0
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	Wang/Xue	19	21-9, 21-18	0:30
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool H	Cheng/Marmelstein	9	Wang/Xue	24	21-13, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 20 Lahti/Parkkinen, Finland 1-0
1/5/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	Lahti/Parkkinen	12	21-19, 18-21, 15-8	0:46
Lead the series against # 23 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool H	Cheng/Marmelstein	9	Kociolek/Wojtasik	8	24-22, 15-21, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 24 Bocharova/Voronina, Russia 1-0
1/4/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 1	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	Bocharova/Voronina	20	21-9, 21-5	0:21
Series tied with # 26, Q6 Arvaniti/Karagkouni, Greece 1-1
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 3	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	26, Q6	21-15, 21-18	0:30
7/18/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool G	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	26, Q6	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	21-17, 13-21, 15-12	0:44
Trail the series against # 28, Q8 Dabizha/Rudykh, Russia 0-1
7/9/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 2	Dabizha/Rudykh	32, Q17	Cheng/Marmelstein	Q1	21-18, 26-24	0:39
Trail the series against Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
10/20/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 2	Antonelli/Salgado	4	Cheng/Marmelstein	9, Q2	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # Q1 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-1
5/23/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool H	Graudina/Samoilova	24	Cheng/Marmelstein	9	21-19, 21-16	0:31